24 Heures Motos – 24H Moto du Mans – 4:00 pm: Smells Like Green Spirit! –

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24H Moto du Mans – 4:00 p.m .: Smells Like Green Spirit !

24 Heures Motos - 24H Moto du Mans - 4:00 pm: Smells Like Green Spirit! -

20 years to the day after the release of the monumental Nevermind de Nirvana on September 24, 1991 (yes, it’s going …), Julien da Costa on Kawasaki n ° 11 took the controls of the 24H Moto du Mans 2011 ahead of Anthony Delhalle on the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT and Loris Baz on the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART.

20 years to the day after the release of the monumental Nevermind de Nirvana on September 24, 1991 (yes, it’s going …), Julien da Costa on the Kawasaki n ° 11 took the controls of the 24H Moto du Mans 2011 ahead of Anthony Delhalle on the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT and Loris Baz on the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART.

Behind the Yamaha n ° 14 of Maco Racing, the BMW n ° 99 in the hands of Damian Cudlin is 5th ahead of his sister Superstock n ° 13. David Checa on the Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT is 7th: the 56 motorcycles entered have left for 24 hours of racing to be followed live on the Site (read opposite) !

Julien da Costa at Nirvana

The two leaders pass and pass in the blue esses, but Da Costa manages to complete the first lap in the lead in the pit straight (without looking back, Editor’s note!). The Yamaha n ° 7 is just behind in third position followed by the Yamaha n ° 14 Maco Racing and the BMW n ° 99.

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5 minutes after the start, Mathias Kipp’s harmless fall on the Honda n ° 109 FMA (the pilot returned to the stroller) while the n ° 1 and n ° 11 were still beating each other … But Julien da Costa resisted Anthony Delhalle and remains in the lead !

One minute later, the David Checa fell without gravity on the Yamaha n ° 94 and the n ° 14 which both returned to the pits…

At the 9th minute of the race, another spectacular fall of Bruce Rulfo on Suzuki n ° 38 TMS Racing in the Dunlop chicane, then BMW n ° 13, leader of the Superstock, at the entrance of the Green Garage: Gregory Pastre sets off again, but the n ° 110 AM Moto Racing takes the lead in the category! Suzuki n ° 38 will have to retire a few minutes later.

Double fall of GMT !

A quarter of an hour after the start, Julien da Costa on the Kawasaki n ° 11 SRC, Anthony Delhalle on the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT, Loris Baz on the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART and Damian Cudlin on the BMW n ° 99 overtake the first retarded. The leading quartet turns in 1’39.

The Honda TT Legends n ° 77 is a little slower in 1’40, 5th scratch ahead of the Suzuki n ° 110 leader of Superstock which is ahead in its category the GSX-R n ° 50 of Motors Events and the Kawasaki n ° 83 of Maccio Racing Team.

Christophe Guyot’s Yamaha n ° 94 set off again at 3:26 p.m. with eleven laps and 20 minutes behind the leaders … "It’s a shame, we had made few mistakes during practice and everything was going really well … twice this year after the Bol (read, Editor’s note) but we have to accept it, we will pull ourselves together and check that everything is OK on the bike (radiator, tank, complete fairing, saddle, etc.) with Matthieu’s relay Lagrive ", explains Christophe Guyot.

Meanwhile, YART’s # 7 Yamaha grabbed second place at the expense of SERT’s # 1 Suzuki. A few minutes later, the BMW n ° 99 imitates the Yamaha and relegates the Suzuki n ° 1 to the fourth place.

But Loris Baz on the Yamaha n ° 7 suffered a stop and go which made him lose the benefit of his second place! The reasons given for this penalty relate to non-compliant gasoline which would have been used by the Yamaha. But the YART team manager ensures that the fuel used during the night tests was provided by the ACO, as provided for in the regulations..

At 3:39 pm, another fall of the Yamaha n ° 94 at the entrance of the Green Garage: the motorcycle rolls several times in the gravel and Matthieu Lagrive returns to the pits … At 3:50 pm, the leading motorcycles refuel in 30 seconds. On the Kawasaki n ° 11, Julien da Costa gives way to Gregory Leblanc.

"Everything is going as we had planned, the pilots are in the rhythm, it gives pleasure to the whole team but there is still a little more than 23 hours to go", tempers Gilles Staefler, team manager of Kawasaki n ° 11. In the game of pit stops, the # 77 Honda TT Legends takes the lead !

For Dominique Meliand, this edition which had started in pain takes on a more familiar pace: "Anthony had a very good stint! He respected the instructions while keeping pace, we will continue to maintain this pressure as long as possible, and who knows tomorrow at 3pm? "asks the SERT boss … To be followed all weekend on Site: stay tuned !

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